Starter Pack: Thompson (finally) speaks

Summary of 2 articles · Updated Jan 22, 2014

“Well it's fairly trying,” Thompson said. Thompson also faces a difficult offseason given that he has 17 players, including several high-profile starters, scheduled to be unrestricted free agents in March. A roundup of what's happening on the Green Bay Pa… (more)ckers beat.GREEN BAY, Wis. For much of the second half of this past season, when the Packers were going through the weekly drama of whether or not quarterback Aaron Rodgers would return from his collarbone injury, general manager Ted Thompson politely declined interview requests. “I was very, very proud of our team though, and I think it shows some of the culture that coach [Mike] McCarthy and his staff has brought into it because they never quit playing, never quit trying.

Ted Thompson sticking to usual plan this offseason

The Packers have signed free agents from outside the organization infrequently under General Manager Ted Thompson and it doesn’t sound like there’s going to be much change this offseason. While Thompson admits he “possibly” botched the handling of the b…